Question

【題目】Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.

Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (價格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

"I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.

"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"

"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were !"

【1】Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

A. they hope to save money

B. they're both poor

C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D. they're not far from their farms

【2】 The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.

A. make a journey

B. visit some places of interest

C. meet their friends

D. make a profit

【3】Which of the following is true?

A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B. The two farmers will soon get rich.

C. Neither of the farmers is clever.

D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是篇小故事，主要介紹了王叔叔和李叔叔生活中所做的“蠢事”，這就是導(dǎo)致他們生活不濟的主要原因。

【1】B細節(jié)理解題。他們兩個還住在又矮又破的房子里是因為They’re both poor，他們兩個都很窮。故B正確。

【2】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段的內(nèi)容可知，李叔叔在去城里買藥的時候聽說城里蘋果很貴，回來馬上告訴王叔叔。他們兩人借錢買了很多蘋果，拉到城里賣， 其目的就是想賺錢。make a profit 賺錢。故D正確。

【3】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知，這兩個農(nóng)民是非常愚蠢的，他們根本不知道蘋果賣不出的真正原因，所以也不會變得富有。所以答案選C。